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Jake Heggie holds a diploma with dean wright and david stull
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It’s Your Turn: Jake Heggie Delivers Commencement Address as SFCM Gathers to Celebrate Graduates

The San Francisco Conservatory of Music (SFCM) played host to commencement for the Class of 2023 on Friday, conferring degrees to 184 undergraduate, postgraduate, and graduate students.  The ceremony, which was held at Herbst Theatre in the San Francisco …
Academy of St Martin in the Fields playing with SFCM students in Osher Hall
Strings News Story

SFCM Hosts Academy of St Martin in the Fields for Residency

By Mark Taylor Hailed as one of the world’s finest chamber orchestras, Academy of St Martin in the Fields is renowned for fresh, brilliant interpretations of the world’s greatest orchestral music—and recently they brought those skills to share with SFCM …
Chloe Liao SFCM TAC student
Technology and Applied Composition Eighth Note

Second SFCM TACtok Winner Selected

From classical, to electronic, to pop music, for Chloe Liao, she finds it all inspiring. “I once had a test where no matter what music I heard, my heart rate went up,” she said. The Technology and Applied Composition (TAC) student’s composition Let’s get …
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Yuja Wang at SFCM

She has been called “possibly the most famous pianist on the planet,” whose concerts elicit gasps from the audience for her “ scintillating pianism, her fabulous gowns, and her adventurous spirit ”—and that was before her historic, marathon performance of …
The Canadian Brass.
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The Best Takeaways from the SFCM Masterclass by Canadian Brass

By Alex Heigl SFCM hosted the world-famous Canadian Brass for a February residency that that featured a masterclass and a side-by-side performance with some of the Conservatory's brass students February 23. The group is represented by Opus 3 Artists, the …
Strings Violin Viola Double Bass Brass Horn Trumpet Tuba Trombone Conducting Composition Technology and Applied Composition Guitar Keyboard Piano Collaborative Piano Organ Percussion Roots, Jazz, and American Music Woodwinds Bassoon Clarinet Flute Oboe Voice Harpsichord Historical Performance Harp Cello Academics Humanities and Sciences Music History and Literature Music Theory and Musicianship Professional Development String and Piano Chamber Music Baroque Ensemble Brass Chamber Ensemble SFCM Chorus Guitar Ensemble New Music Ensemble Opera and Musical Theatre Program SFCM Orchestra Percussion Ensemble Woodwind Chamber Music Improvisation Coaching and Excerpts Clarinet Ensemble Baroque Violin Baroque Viola Baroque Cello Viola da Gamba Historical Keyboards Baroque Voice Historical Plucked Strings Brass Choir bowes center

Living on Campus: Seven Students Share their Stories

Home may be where the heart is, but at the Bowes Center , it’s also where the practice room, classroom, dining hall, and performance hall is.  Found just steps from the San Francisco Symphony, SF Opera, SF Ballet and SFJAZZ, the Bowes Center is the newest …
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Returning Hot Air Festival Flys High as Professional Development Class

By Alex Heigl They're up, up, and away. SFCM's Hot Air festival (with a focus on New Music) returns in 2023 with a new twist: It's now being focused through the lens of a course in the Conservatory's Professional Development Department. "As Hot Air Music …
SFCM students walk in Hayes Valley holding their instruments
Strings Violin Viola Double Bass Brass Horn Trumpet Tuba Trombone Conducting Composition Technology and Applied Composition Guitar Keyboard Piano Collaborative Piano Organ Percussion Roots, Jazz, and American Music Woodwinds Bassoon Clarinet Flute Oboe Voice Harpsichord Historical Performance Harp Cello Academics Humanities and Sciences Music History and Literature Music Theory and Musicianship Professional Development String and Piano Chamber Music Baroque Ensemble Brass Chamber Ensemble SFCM Chorus Guitar Ensemble New Music Ensemble Opera and Musical Theatre Program SFCM Orchestra Percussion Ensemble Woodwind Chamber Music Improvisation Coaching and Excerpts Clarinet Ensemble Baroque Violin Baroque Viola Baroque Cello Viola da Gamba Historical Keyboards Baroque Voice Historical Plucked Strings Brass Choir student life

A Closer Look at SFCM's Home Base of Hayes Valley

More than just a home for music, SFCM sits in the center of the arts scene in San Francisco, in a neighborhood full of shopping centers, green spaces, and numerous dining options. SFGate described Hayes Valley as “a vibrant, walkable district of small …
Suzanne Ciani at a table gesturing
Technology and Applied Composition Technology and Applied Composition

TAC Department Scores Three Visits from Music Industry Icons in One Week

Great things come in threes, and that extends to the TAC Department's late-March visiting artist schedule, which brought Sony Studios Manager of Music Scott Hanau, five-time GRAMMY-nominated electronic music pioneer Suzanne Ciani, and Netflix Music …
Violinist Ava Pakiam
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13-Year-Old Pre-College Violinist Finalist in Global Competition

One SFCM Pre-College student should get ready to take a bow. Thirteen-year-old Ava Pakiam has played her way into being a finalist in the Arthur Grumiaux International Violin Competition in Brussels, Belgium at the Royal Conservatory of Brussels. Ava is …
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Strings Violin Viola Double Bass Brass Horn Trumpet Tuba Trombone Conducting Composition Technology and Applied Composition Guitar Keyboard Piano Collaborative Piano Organ Percussion Roots, Jazz, and American Music Woodwinds Bassoon Clarinet Flute Oboe Voice Harpsichord Historical Performance Harp Cello Academics Humanities and Sciences Music History and Literature Music Theory and Musicianship Professional Development String and Piano Chamber Music Baroque Ensemble Brass Chamber Ensemble SFCM Chorus Guitar Ensemble New Music Ensemble Opera and Musical Theatre Program SFCM Orchestra Percussion Ensemble Woodwind Chamber Music Improvisation Coaching and Excerpts Clarinet Ensemble Baroque Violin Baroque Viola Baroque Cello Viola da Gamba Historical Keyboards Baroque Voice Historical Plucked Strings Brass Choir kdfc

Lara Downes' Busy Spring Spans Generations, Continents, and Cultures

Lara Downes is on a mission to get under-recognized artists their love at last. Among the many diverse streams of her work—her weeknight show on Classical KDFC , broadcast from SFCM’s campus, her NPR interview series “Amplify,” and of course her …
SFCM students play side-by-side with SF Jazz Players
Roots, Jazz, and American Music rjam

RJAM/SFJAZZ Side-by-Side Honors SF Jazz Icon Joe Henderson

San Francisco was once known as "the Harlem of the West" for its jazz scene, and tenor saxophonist Joe Henderson was a huge part of that. Henderson left New York for SF in the early 1970s, and even spent some time teaching at SFCM. He lived, played, and …
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Organ Auditions

Organ We are not currently accepting applications for Organ.   For audition dates, please visit  Auditions . …
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Bachelor of Music in Organ Curriculum

Life isn't an audition. Any music school can make you a better player. Our interconnected courses are built to transform you intellectually, artistically, professionally, and individually. You'll understand the roots of your music, freeing you to take it …

Our Impact | 2018-19

This year marked the beginning of the San Francisco Conservatory of Music’s second century of musical excellence and innovation, made possible by our unparalleled community of students, faculty, staff, and supporters. On behalf of the SFCM Board of …

Alumni

Welcome to the SFCM Alumni Community. If you're a former collegiate or pre-college student, or enrolled as an adult extension student, this is the place for you. Discover an active and supportive community of SFCM peers through our growing network, with …